Old Swedes Church

The Old Swedes Church is an Episcopalian church located on East 7th and Church Street in Wilmington, Delaware. It was built in 1698-99 on the site of Fort Christina's burial ground, and the bricks used to make it had formerly been used as ballast for a Swedish ship. The church was built by the Lutheran Church of Sweden to serve the local Scandinavian settlers, formerly of New Sweden, and Swedish-language Lutheran services were held well into the 18th century. In 1791, the Old Swedes Church became an Episcopalian church and housed an Episcopal parish, and it was added to the National Register for Historic Places on 15 October 1966.